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Asia's internet cable projects delayed by South China Sea tensions
Asia's subsea cables, which carry much of the world's data, are becoming a focal point of geopolitical tensions involving China, as leading telecoms and technology companies face delays stringing lines along the floor of the South China Sea, one of the world's data super highways.Cable owners such as Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Singapore Telecommunications and U.S. tech giants Meta and Google are increasingly trying to bypass the contested sea, which Beijing has claimed almost entirely for itself.
This means higher costs to lay and operate cables. Chinese Grey Zone war has no answers.
Hong Kong libraries remove books about Tiananmen protest ahead of anniversary
Public libraries in Hong Kong are removing books and documentaries about the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Germany Urges China to Shut Secret Police Outposts in Berlin
Germany has called on China to close illegal overseas police stations that German authorities suspect are being used by the government in Beijing to control and intimidate Chinese expatriates living abroad.Germany has been in talks with the Chinese government since November about shutting down the operations.
Chinese general calls for military to prepare for ‘hybrid’ modern warfare
Writing in official newspaper, General Wang Haijiang gives glimpse of how PLA’s top brass sees the war in Ukraine. He says China faces suppression and containment from Western countries that may ‘escalate at any time’.
US religious freedom report accuses China of jailing 10,000 people in repression campaign
Beijing has broadened its efforts to bring all theological activity under Communist Party control, according to annual State Department publication.
US readying for Chinese hypersonic attack on Guam,Taiwan
Pentagon plans massive upgrade of strategic island’s missile defenses but resources are big constraint.
Philippines places buoys in parts of S.China Sea to assert sovereignty
The Philippines has placed navigational buoys within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to assert sovereignty over the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea.The step comes amid China's increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea as Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr pursues warmer ties with treaty ally the United States. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it set up five buoys carrying the national flag from May 10 to 12 in five areas within the 200-mile (322-km) zone, including the Whitsun Reef, where hundreds of Chinese maritime vessels moored in 2021.
Mysterious Killing of Chinese Gold Miners Puts New Pressure on Beijing
The massacre of nine workers in the Central African Republic and other recent attacks raise questions about China’s ability to protect its citizens overseas.
China Sentences American Citizen to Life in Prison for Espionage
Authorities give scant details about the charges against John Shing-wan Leung, 78, as Beijing ramps up crackdown on information flow to outsiders Chinese authorities said they sentenced an American citizen to life in prison on espionage charges, in a case that could further strain relations between Beijing and Washington.
Taiwan, tracks 32 Chinese military aircraft, 4 naval ships around country
Between 6 a.m. on Thursday (May 11) and 6 a.m. on Friday (May 12), the Ministry of National Defence (MND) monitored 32 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels in the vicinity of Taiwan, according to Taiwan news. In the southwest corner of the ADIZ, a BZK-005 reconnaissance drone and a TB-001 combat reconnaissance drone also crossed the median line and flew along the southern edge of the identification zone. Additionally, two Sukhoi Su-30 jet fighters and six Chengdu J-10 fighter jets crossed the median line.
Chinese gray zone war against Taiwan continues unabated, without any Kinetic response from the USA or Taiwan.
Chinese warships return to West Pacific for live-fire drills
The exercises in more distant seas in the West Pacific came soon after a carrier group led by the Shandong, one of China's two operational aircraft carriers, returned to its home port this month after sailing around Taiwan and into the Western Pacific.
Chinese general calls for unconventional warfare capabilities
In the name of national security and to fend off perceived threats from the West, Chinese efforts to prepare the country for security challenges have not relaxed despite a slowing economy and COVID-19. Defence spending is set to rise for the eighth straight year in 2023.
US geostrategic weaknesses to confront China apparent from Biden’s cancelled trip
It is not the first time a USA pivot to Asia has fallen victim to events. This week, Mr Joe Biden has been distracted by events even closer to home, specifically that troubled enclave of partisan strife known as Capitol Hill. He cancelled a trip to Australia following this weekend’s Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Japan.Mr Biden’s return to Washington is apparently required to fix the debt ceiling stand-off in Congress, a regular piece of disingenuous showmanship by congressional Republicans aiming to cripple a Democratic president’s room for manoeuvre under the guise of fiscal responsibility.
A bilateral programme in Sydney with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will still go ahead next week. The Quad is an informal group that promotes an open Indo-Pacific. Beijing sees it as an attempt to push back against its growing influence in the region
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